I think she was a moderating force against Moses, and you need that tension for you to have progress. Unfortunately the Jacobs camp has won completely, and the

I think she was a moderating force against Moses, and you need that tension for you to have progress. Unfortunately the Jacobs camp has won completely, and the idea of an inertia-less city frozen in amber is somehow the defacto good standard now. The city has insufficient development for its rate of population growth, and anemic transit infrastructure building. So Manhattan becomes a playground for the rich only.